Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-01

GuzIling Habits OF the Aggressive Ma
tions.
Taken all in all, perhaps the English
residents in India spend more money for
drink than any other people in the world.
Plenty OF people are, Of course, ready to
condemn this sort of thing, and say the
Anglo Indians ought to quench their thirst
with non-intoxicants. More lemonade aud
less brandy and champage, it is claimed,
would materially lessen the rate of NOR
tality from enlarged spleen, the bane OF
Anglo-lndian life. This may be strictly
true, but the fact remains that a mere
handful Of hard drinking Britons are ad-
ministering the affairs of 200, 600, 600 prac-
tically non-drinking people.
Some of the natives Of India consume
more OF less arrack and palm toddy. but
the Brahmins, the gentlest and easiest
governed people in the world. drink moth
ing stronger than water. The only tribe
of people in India who drink TO excess are
the Eats of the Punjab. The festive .Jat
gets drunk on arrack. and indulges in
manly sports like civilized being. On
the field of battle he is equal 10 a round
dozen non-drinking Hindoos, and forms
today the flower Of the native British-In-
dian army. He it wa that stood firmly
by the English during the mutiny, and
performed prodigies of valor scarcely
second to Tommy Atkins himself He
calls the wat drinking natives of Dude
and Bengal '.poorbeahs, ~ and is superior
TO them in every manly attribute.
In Mohammedan countries very little
alcohol is consumed in proportion to the
iu,hpst VI PeoPn. me Moran deliies the
pie"SuS vi i'S iii','eriai para
aiee 10 -n"Ssuiin'is VINO 'iiaI;iGe ia lhe
ns =. "" VI - nus te,e pe,o"' Inc
ns ",e sl"su 'ne ~, na''ioiIcs Oh .ne
~; n.;n on ihe "hoie fer-
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io,ooo,ooo VI peopie are governed WIN the
saile ease as 'he s'iIlie huhi"er OF sheep
u" ien oiiie'ais 10 care ho'h-
~ .ts 40, .her Meii'lre except 10 squeeze
,;I' :. my ,a an 10 ana oon whenever ~ they leei
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.ninS in'1niens a,l rom one year ehd 10
en-. N $50 ., nins ie" cohsuihe raw,
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- :, .;,hor A., 80, 80 IN. "o ia' =, ~
sar,.,5 Nv, =, sIandar a.. na.,.en e eahe 10
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usually warmed by setting the bottle in
boiling water for while before putting it
on the table. Rice beer is "A rather de-
ceptye name to give sake, as it resembles
sis,anc,- ond ;n,o~;ca,i,,, -, VI
the consumption OF alcohol the Japs, rs n
nation, rank way ahead Of any other
Asiatic country. In addition to sake,
they are also rapidly coming to the fore
rs consumers Of beer and brandy and
whisky. Their consumption of these
beverages keeps curiously even pace
with their progression toward what we
are pleased TO consider our own higher
plane Of civilization. When they first be-
gan to think of wearing European clothes
they contented themselves with import
ing French brandy and English and Mil
waukee beer. Now, however. the gov
compels all its officials to adopt
European clothes, and the upper crust So
,>;afv af Tpeio are far from, .l,,n i,